Ford’s Mustang Assembly Line Through The Years

The current news feeds are full of gloom and doom for the auto industry, mainly focusing on small car production cuts and the dropping of certain nameplates all together. For Ford the news there is the Blue Oval is focusing on SUV and truck production and the only domestically available car will be the Mustang. While us Mustang fanatics are certainly thankful that the Mustang will be on dealer lots for the 55th year straight, we’ll certainly miss the option of a Focus ST or RS, the Fusion Sport, and other great small cars Ford has been offering. The sole Mustang plant, Ford’s Flat Rock Assembly Plant, is going to be seeing a reduction in shifts (from two to one) and a relocation of some employees to aid in the higher demand for trucks and SUVs from Ford.

We applaud Ford for doing their best in keeping its employees by moving them to other plants, however we can remember a time when the Mustang demand was so high Ford had three different plants (CA, MI, and NJ) building the Mustang around the clock! To remember those better times we dug up a bunch of assembly line images of Mustangs being built over the last five decades from various generations and plants, including outside vendors like A.O. Smith (Shelby) and Kar Kraft (Boss 429).

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1964 Ford Dearborn Assembly Plant

2004: Ford produces its 300 millionth car â a 004 Mustang GT convertible 40th anniversary edition. The 2004 Mustangs are the last cars built at Fordâs fabled Dearborn Assembly Plant, which had produced every model Mustang year since the carâs inception

An engine is placed into a Ford Boss 429 Mustang in 1969.

1966 Ford Rouge Assembly Mustangs on final line

FLAT ROCK, MI., August 20, 2015–Bill Ford, executive chairman (driving) and Jimmy Settles, UAW vice president and director, National Ford Department,.drives the first all-new Ford Shelby(r) GT350R today at Ford’s Flat Rock Assembly Plant. The new GT350R Mustang is the most athletic Mustang ever, designed to tackle the world’s most challenging roads and race tracks while creating an exhilarating experience for the driver. Photo by: Sam VarnHagen

Ford marks the official start of production of the right-hand-drive Mustang at its Flat Rock Assembly Plant, located in Flat Rock, Michigan. For the first time in its 50-year history, Mustang is available to customers in more than 100 markets around the world â including those where motorists drive on the left side of the road like the UK, Australia and South Africa. Versions of the right-hand-drive Mustangs include automatic or manual transmission, a V8, 3.7-liter V6 or 2.3-liter EcoBoost engine and hard top or convertible.

The mechanization of the assembly line continues to evolve over time, as seen in this 2004 shot of the Ford Mustang being produced at Flat Rock Assembly Plant.